Injury At Work Law By State Workers’ Compensation is a form of insurance that compensates wages and medical benefits for employees who are injured at work, in exchange for the employee giving up the right to sue the employer for … Continue reading
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Workers Comp Attorney
How to Find a Workers Comp Attorney Injury at work law – workers’ compensation – is in place to provide protection for workers in the case of workplace related injury or illness, and to prevent and resolve disputes between employees … Continue reading
Oscar Pistorius, without feet, has too many advantages for Olympics
I should have known it was too good to be true. The Olympic comittee has ruled against Oscar Pistorius and his Cheetah feet–he doesn’t really have the feet of a cheetah; that’s the name of the prosthetics he uses to … Continue reading
Buttons Buttons and More Buttons
If it has the word ‘button’ in it, it’s a good blog. At least that seems to be the case in my experience so far. I recently came across two excellent interaction design blogs, “The History of the Button” and “Upressable … Continue reading
Steelcase Treadmill Workstation — Office of the Future?
I wrote in the past about the “walking while working” movement composed of a small but growing group of people abandoning their desks for a healthier alternative– a workstation jerry-rigged to a tread mill. You just may be able to … Continue reading
Eating At Your Desk: A Guilty Pleasure
Judging by how often I see my coworkers do this (and yes, I do it too), and the plethora of images I found on Flickr when entering the tags “lunch” and “desk,” eating at one’s desk is a common occurrence … Continue reading
Lance Ulanoff, maybe the problem is YOU
In his recent posts, Lance Ulanoff has been bashing ergonomics. Typically, I take in criticism of ergonomics quite calmly because, to a certain degree, I also doubt the extent to which ergonomics can change the course of a workday. Most … Continue reading
Investing in Next Generation Technology to Rival Status Quo NEVER A Waste
Aside from being in control of a company just purchased by HP for more than 1.5 BILLION DOLLARS CASH, has Mr. Anderseen taken a dive off the deep end? In this recent post, he sites an AP article claiming that … Continue reading
Getting around the city easier WITHOUT a car
I don’t know how many of you readers live in a city (but I suppose I could easily figure that out thanks to Google Analytics) but I stumbled upon an interesting innovation: Its called the MagicWheel. I’ve read studies (and … Continue reading
Disabilities and Ergonomics, Engineering Our Way Through Barriers
Wednesday’s NYTimes editorial on Oscar Pistorius was a truly eye-opening experience for me [when I read it Wed; I’ve been thinking about it ever since]. I’d been completely ignorant of the situation prior to reading the article. And dang am … Continue reading